Improvement in trunk-fasteners



J. SCHNABEL, J. 'FELDMANN & J. EBERHARD'I.

TRU'NK FASTENER. No.175,841. Iatented April 11. 1876 31\TITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN SOHMADEL, JOHN FELDMANN, AND JACOB EBERHARDT, OF CINUINNATI, OHIO.

1MPROVEMENT IN TRUNK-FASTENERS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 175,84 l, dated April 11, 1876; application filed Fehraary 16, 1876.

T0 all whom it mag; concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN SGHMADEL, JOHN FELDMANN, and JACOB EBERHARDT, of Oincinnati, in the coanty 0f Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and asefal Improvements in Trank-Fasteners, of whieh the following is a speeification:

The invention is speeially designed for sample tranks, where great strength is reqaired; bat it 1nay be applied to any ordinary trank. The fastener is so constraeted that it may be used as' a spring-lock, er, in eases where greater seearity is desired, as a spring and paollock oombined.

The works of the spring-loek are inserted in a chamber in a plate attached to the trank, which platze is provideoi with a soeket for receiving the tongae attaohed to the lid 0f the trank, and having a hole throagh eaeh for the bail of'a padlook. The rack-jaws of the lock are arranged to engage with on'e or more of a series of notches provided on the tongae by means of springs, in the asaal manner. The oater parts of the faces of the tongae are smooth, and fit snugly in the soekets, so as t0 reeeive lateral thrasts on the trank, thas relieving the springs and raek-jaws therefrom, all of whieh will be readily understood by referenee to the accompanying drawing and deseription' thereof.

One of the objeets of this invention is to farnish a streng and darable combined lock -as a doable seearity t0 the trank in traveling,

&e., and a single loek f0r daily ase. A seeond objeet is to provide easy means for e1osing a fall paeked trank, whieh is partly loeked and held in position by the engagement of the first set of notches in raek-jaws with the tongae, so that all additional pressure will be seeared in further closing the trank, saving lost motion.

Figare 1 is a plan view of the loek, having the base-plate removed; and Fig. 2, a perspective view of the invention.

A represents the oater platte of the loek, of the eonfigaration shown in Fig. 2, a being a soeket formed within the projection A. F represents a socket made within the body 0f the freut platze A. This platze mast be of sufiicient thickness to allow the ehamber er soeket F (0 be made 0f suflicient depth to contain the jaws and operative parts 0f the trank-1001;. H H represent a base-plate, made of a sait able piece ot' flat metal, aeting as a base for sapporting the jaws ofthe lock.

Tbe plates A and H may be fastened together by means ot' screws er other devices. D D represent tw0 jaws, which are attaehed to plate H by a pivot, d. These jaws D may be pivoted to plate H by the pivot d being inserted in plate A atthe hole z, if preferred.

d 01 are springs inserted into a slit in jaws D D, and carved ap and inelined against the edges of soeket F.

As jaws D D are opened apart, the spriags d 01 are bent; when released, the reeoil of the spring throws the jaws D D together. B represents a plate, preferably made of metal, with the tongue 0 b projecting therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2.

Ton gae 0 has a series of notches, corresponding and engagin g with those in rack-jaws D D; in the manner shown in Fig. 1, which reqgesents the tongae C fally loeked by jaws D Plate B is ordinarily seeared to the tranklid, and the lock A attaehed to the Outside 0f the body of the trank in any appropriate manner. Throagh the protaberance A is pierced a hole, a, of safficient size and shape to admit the bail 0f a padlock. Acorresponding hole, b, is made in the shank of the bar b, so that whenever the trank is fally locked, as shown in Fig. 1, a padloek 1nay b e applied in the asaal way.

E represents a key-hole, and e a post for the key to tarn 0n. An ordinary shank-key, engaging with the short end of the jaws D D, as shown in Fig. 1, may be employed, er any other eonvenient form 0f working the jaws may be sabstitated.

lt is obvioas that the socket and works of the lock might be made in the platte B, having the tongae project ap from base A, er that the lock-works might be made in B, with the rack-bars springing oatward t0 engage rigid catehes in A bat the plan shown is preferred.

The series of notches may be dispensed 2 amen with and only one set eniployed withont afi'ecting other parts of the invention, exeept es specified in the third elaim.

We are aware that John Sehmadel and John Feldmann have an applieation before the United Stabes Patent Office for an improvement in trank fastenings, which was filed on the'26th of July, 1875, in which is shown a platte t0 be attached to the lid whieh has a perforated projeetion thereon, for entering a socket formed in a plate attaehed to the body 0f the trank, seid p12tte being perforated t0 correspond with the projeetidn 1ipon the 0ne attaehed to the lid, seid perforations being for the reeeption of the bail of 31 padloek. We do not, therfore, claim broadly such devices in this appliea-tion bnt What we clairn es new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The plate B, having upon it a tongue, b c, construeted substantially as described, for the pnrpose of causing it t0 engage with dogs, whi0h hold it in its l0cked position, and provided with an aperture for the reception of the bail of a, padlock, as set forth.

2. A spring-lock With the tongue C and jaws D D, provided with a'series 0f notches, arrangedto operate substantially es herein set forth.

3. The combination 0f the cornpound ton gue, made 11p of the parts b c, es deseribed, the perforated soeket A'and spring-hook chember F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 3lst day of J annary, 1876.

JOHN SOHMADEL.

JOHN FELDMANN. JACOB EBERHARDT. Witnesses:

EDWARD BOYD JOHN OGARA. 

